You really didn't make an argument. Yes, the recording industry is enormously profitable regardless of what they are selling. The point is, the industry is far LESS profitable than in the CD era, and that is what has them so freaked out.
I also blame services like iTunes for the homogenization of pop music in recent years. In the early 00s, and before, pop songs were memorable and varied. I believe this is because an artist or group only needed to include a couple of hit tracks to sell and could spend the rest of the album experimenting (or in some cases, producing filler). With the popularization of the 0.99 single, artists strive to make all songs big hits, which has led them to reuse the same formulas as their previous hits.
Look at Cold Play for a good example of this transition. Their old material is lightyears different from the variations of Viva La Vida produced since.
You missed the herd immunity part. Because these people are idiots, everyone else suffers. Leaving them to their own devices makes us all worse off, not better.
I've found similar quirks. Almost perfect encyclopedic knowledge on many things, including melodies, but I've never been able to sing through a verse of a song without either blanking out or missing/ mixing words.
I play cello and the mandolin, and struggle similarly when playing. I know what notes should be there, but it takes hours to work through small sections of song to get them to be consistently correct, and then that only lasts for a couple days before I need to start over.
Mnemonic schemes for remembering almost always make things worse than just remembering what the scheme represents. Different people use their brains differently, for sure.
We clearly know different scientists. The only ones I know that lean right are those working for the Discovery Institute, Big Oil/Big Pharma, or Koch Brothers. The ones living off publishing research in peer reviewed journals in the University systems or in labs tend to lean left.
Science debates are for sophisticated and educated societies. All Romney would have to do to solidify his voting base is mention that the earth was created 6000 years ago, that humans aren't causing Global Warming, and that corn is healthy as a staple crop and answer to our oil needs.
And who would believe a Muslim illegal immigrant invader like Barack Hussein Osama (being sarcastic).
In a race with almost all scientists part of one party's ideology, and those rejecting science in favor of religion in the other party, I really don't see how a science debate will help either candidate.
That is the walled garden problem. As for the 3ds, it does have Netflix, which is nice if you have headphones, since the 3ds speakers sound a bit hollow.
Pixel density is lower, pixel size is greater, but the screen is so much easier to see and use. 3d is now an option for me, where it wasn't before.
I traded my red 3ds for a red 3ds XL this morning. The finish is worse( no fancy acryllic finishes or metal bits, no short aluminum pen), but it definitely feels more sturdy, and is so much easier to use that I don't mind it feeling like a cheaper version of what I had.
You waking up this morning could get someone killed today, you arrogant asshole. Maybe you should stay in bed so that none of the rest of us have to read this idiocy.
You didn't spend very long thinking about that statement. There are many things you don't want to be public, besides national secrets and all, such as your tax information and various other private records.
I'm not sure you can make the argument they have a stranglehold. Some estimates are that China has 95% of the world's rare earth metals on land, so unless you expect China to give away land to other countries, it really can't be faulted for having almost all of them.
But you could always get them from the bottom of the ocean, at considerable expense.
V1 was a precursor to the cruise missile, which we have had for a while. These are different because they have a loiter capability, which means they can take over some of the role of the ground support aircraft like the F35, A10, and C130 Spook.
I get that you were being funny, I am just trying to keep us accurate.
That isn't true at all. It is more profitable to acquire periodic system maintenance and upgrade contracts than it is to make more at a trickle. Remember, the more durable a system must be, the more it costs and the more it needs to be trialed.
And contractors operate on FFP after the cost plus development. There is a good reason why munitions contractors like Raytheon are less profitable than large and upgradable systems companies like BAE and LMC, and that is largely due to the type of contracts they go after.
Given that most of our food is made up of starches, sugars, oil, and water... there is a good reason why we don't simply bioreactor all of our food. That is, it isn't that simple.
I didn't know when I made the purchase. That they'd make revisions? Sure, but I was expecting a slim model with dual thumb pads, not a bigger and more efficient one.
I had one, lost it(slippery shell), and got a replacement in red. The platform itself is pretty wild, but I was a bit underwhelmed by the titles. That is, until I got ahold of a ps2 favorite, Tales of the Abyss, with improvements. Now all I need is them to release a Monster Hunter and I may never put it down.
I was disappointed that they released the XL, out of jealousy, since it seems to fix the battery life issues and the small screen for not crazy amounts of money.
Also, I would like to point out that Hack's (sic) article, other than the statistic showing students tend to not do well in math, was full of loose correlations, statistics not related to his points, or anecdotal evidence.
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You really didn't make an argument. Yes, the recording industry is enormously profitable regardless of what they are selling. The point is, the industry is far LESS profitable than in the CD era, and that is what has them so freaked out.
I also blame services like iTunes for the homogenization of pop music in recent years. In the early 00s, and before, pop songs were memorable and varied. I believe this is because an artist or group only needed to include a couple of hit tracks to sell and could spend the rest of the album experimenting (or in some cases, producing filler). With the popularization of the 0.99 single, artists strive to make all songs big hits, which has led them to reuse the same formulas as their previous hits.
Look at Cold Play for a good example of this transition. Their old material is lightyears different from the variations of Viva La Vida produced since.
You missed the herd immunity part. Because these people are idiots, everyone else suffers. Leaving them to their own devices makes us all worse off, not better.
I find it interesting that Apple was ordered to pay more in damages than Samsung was, even though Apple brought the suit.
That seems pretty damning to me.
I've found similar quirks. Almost perfect encyclopedic knowledge on many things, including melodies, but I've never been able to sing through a verse of a song without either blanking out or missing/ mixing words.
I play cello and the mandolin, and struggle similarly when playing. I know what notes should be there, but it takes hours to work through small sections of song to get them to be consistently correct, and then that only lasts for a couple days before I need to start over.
Mnemonic schemes for remembering almost always make things worse than just remembering what the scheme represents. Different people use their brains differently, for sure.
We clearly know different scientists. The only ones I know that lean right are those working for the Discovery Institute, Big Oil/Big Pharma, or Koch Brothers. The ones living off publishing research in peer reviewed journals in the University systems or in labs tend to lean left.
Science debates are for sophisticated and educated societies. All Romney would have to do to solidify his voting base is mention that the earth was created 6000 years ago, that humans aren't causing Global Warming, and that corn is healthy as a staple crop and answer to our oil needs.
And who would believe a Muslim illegal immigrant invader like Barack Hussein Osama (being sarcastic).
In a race with almost all scientists part of one party's ideology, and those rejecting science in favor of religion in the other party, I really don't see how a science debate will help either candidate.
And call for stricter gun laws...
The games aren't any more expensive...
That is the walled garden problem. As for the 3ds, it does have Netflix, which is nice if you have headphones, since the 3ds speakers sound a bit hollow.
Pixel density is lower, pixel size is greater, but the screen is so much easier to see and use. 3d is now an option for me, where it wasn't before.
I traded my red 3ds for a red 3ds XL this morning. The finish is worse( no fancy acryllic finishes or metal bits, no short aluminum pen), but it definitely feels more sturdy, and is so much easier to use that I don't mind it feeling like a cheaper version of what I had.
You waking up this morning could get someone killed today, you arrogant asshole. Maybe you should stay in bed so that none of the rest of us have to read this idiocy.
You didn't spend very long thinking about that statement. There are many things you don't want to be public, besides national secrets and all, such as your tax information and various other private records.
I kinda wish it had an LED backlit screen for that kind of money...
I'm not sure you can make the argument they have a stranglehold. Some estimates are that China has 95% of the world's rare earth metals on land, so unless you expect China to give away land to other countries, it really can't be faulted for having almost all of them.
But you could always get them from the bottom of the ocean, at considerable expense.
There's a different between ignorance and apathy.
I think this falls under the, "stuff that matters", bit.
That, and larger circuits/ higher power means noise impacts less.
V1 was a precursor to the cruise missile, which we have had for a while. These are different because they have a loiter capability, which means they can take over some of the role of the ground support aircraft like the F35, A10, and C130 Spook.
I get that you were being funny, I am just trying to keep us accurate.
That isn't true at all. It is more profitable to acquire periodic system maintenance and upgrade contracts than it is to make more at a trickle. Remember, the more durable a system must be, the more it costs and the more it needs to be trialed.
And contractors operate on FFP after the cost plus development. There is a good reason why munitions contractors like Raytheon are less profitable than large and upgradable systems companies like BAE and LMC, and that is largely due to the type of contracts they go after.
It is also dependent on the EULA not including something along the lines of "by using this site you give express permission to be tracked..."
Given that most of our food is made up of starches, sugars, oil, and water... there is a good reason why we don't simply bioreactor all of our food. That is, it isn't that simple.
I think you're missing a zero.
I didn't know when I made the purchase. That they'd make revisions? Sure, but I was expecting a slim model with dual thumb pads, not a bigger and more efficient one.
I had one, lost it(slippery shell), and got a replacement in red. The platform itself is pretty wild, but I was a bit underwhelmed by the titles. That is, until I got ahold of a ps2 favorite, Tales of the Abyss, with improvements. Now all I need is them to release a Monster Hunter and I may never put it down.
I was disappointed that they released the XL, out of jealousy, since it seems to fix the battery life issues and the small screen for not crazy amounts of money.
Also, I would like to point out that Hack's (sic) article, other than the statistic showing students tend to not do well in math, was full of loose correlations, statistics not related to his points, or anecdotal evidence.